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… Concluded U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Windsor Details Documents Resources Summary Edith Windsor married … Windsor paid taxes on the estate she inherited. She sued to recover the estate taxes she had paid and asked the court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (“DOMA”), …

… Won U.S. Courts of Appeals Ward v. Polite Details Videos Documents Resources Profiles Summary Julea … values conflict and asked her supervising professor what to do.  Consistent with the American Counseling Association’s … Julea had been taught in class, the professor told her to have the client reassigned.  After the client was …

… v. Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government Details Videos Documents Resources Profiles Summary A … Kentucky, law forces a photographer and blogger to create photographs and blogs promoting same-sex wedding … also forbids her and her studio from publicly explaining to clients and potential clients (through her studio’s own …

… Won U.S. Courts of Appeals Barber v. Bryant Details Documents Profiles Summary The Protecting Freedom of … from government reprisal for operating publicly according to their belief that marriage is reserved for one man and one … April 2016, but a federal district court granted a request to block it shortly thereafter. Case Documents Court Title …

… Won U.S. Supreme Court McCullen v. Coakley Details Videos Documents Resources Profiles Summary For many years, Eleanor McCullen has witnessed to women and men entering the Planned Parenthood abortion … successfully lobbied the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to create a statewide 35-foot “buffer zone” around the …

… Courts Gilio v. The School Board of Hillsborough County Details Documents Profiles Summary J.G., a student at Lewis … School in Tampa, Florida, is a devout Christian who wanted to share his faith with his classmates. When his church … Hunts throughout the area, J.G. saw a perfect opportunity to invite his friends to learn about the true meaning of …

… Settled State Trial Court Baker v. Wildflower Inn Details Documents Summary In 2005, two women asked Wildflower … and breakfast owned and operated by Jim and Mary O’Reilly, to host their civil-union ceremony.  Jim agreed to host the ceremony because he believed that Vermont law …

… Active U.S. Supreme Court Gordon College v. DeWeese-Boyd Details Documents Resources Profiles Summary A Gordon College … with an advanced degree in theology applied for promotion to full professorship, but her application was declined in … beliefs in the college’s covenantal documents that she had to reaffirm every year of her employment. Nonetheless, she …

… District Courts ThinkRight Strategies v. City of Ann Arbor Details Documents Resources Profiles Summary Grant Strobl and … and media interviews, helping guide canvassing efforts to mobilize voters, and writing speeches for causes, … lawmakers, and non-profits. Grant and Jacob want to provide these services to promote only messages, …

… Concluded U.S. Courts of Appeals Romeike v. Holder Details Documents Summary German homeschooling parents, Uwe … jail time under a German government policy seeking to stamp out “parallel societies” by banning homeschooling. After fleeing to the U.S. following two years of legal threats in Germany, …